Last week the under 7 Gold Star’s wore their jerseys for the last time. A memorable season it was. We won one game. We won that game because we lent the other team half our players. I digress. After the season finale all of the players got a trophy for participation. They were completely ramped. Naomi and some other kiddos were running around playing tag. Naomi was carrying her trophy when she collided with another girl and broke her collar bone . The good news: we now know where the children’s hospital is in Louisville and the doctors say that it will heal just fine and very quickly. Praise God for his wisdom in our design. Check out her sling along with her silly faces. She’s loving all the attention.
Quote of the Day
As the semester is racing to a close and Greek continues to take tons of effort my professor’s prayer this morning struck a chord.
Lord, may we remember that it is by persevering that we learn to persevere and if our faith is never tried then it will never be refined like gold in the fire. I pray that these students would accept the responsibilities and challenges and struggles that you’ve placed on them not as happenstance or chance but from your sovereign hand designed to mature them and grow them. I pray that they would persevere but not just by putting their nose to the grind but by trusting in you for strength and grace. – Dr. Brian Vickers
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Fall in Kentucky
I know that I’m way behind in posting these pics. I’ve felt completely swamped the past couple of weeks. I hope you enjoy the pics of our first fall in Louisville. It’s absolutely beautiful here.
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Taking the Gospel to New England
New England is hard soil for the gospel. Check out this Gallup Poll and see for yourself. Through Southern I’ve come into contact with a church based organization called “NETS” that’s focused on planting gospel-centered churches in the heart of New England. Today, CBS News ran a story about a NETS sponsored church that just planted a few miles from Harvard. Check it out and pray. Take note of the comments section below the article.
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Can you hear me now?
I’ve worked at Collier’s Harry K. Moore here in Lousville for the past year. Coming out of commercial real estate in TX it made sense to stay in the same field part time while in seminary. The idea was that I would be somewhat of a strategy, research, help out struggling brokers kind of guy. It worked, kind of. It’s been hard to get established here and gain rapport with new brokers only working part time. I’m thankful that the Lord provided this job. It was a blessing to us during our transition to Louisville. I’m also thankful that the Lord has provided a new job – starting in Nov. I’ll be a sales rep for Verizon Wireless. It’s a little more demanding on my time but I know several guys at church who work there and have families and go to seminary. Please pray that I will do well and be faithful in all my responsibilities (my relationship with Christ, my wife, my kids, church, school, and work – in that order). Anybody need a new cell phone?
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What’s a fundamentalist?
Is a fundamentalist a “KJV only” guy who doesn’t let his wife wear pants or just someone who believes in the “fundamentals” of the Christian faith? The term seems to be used both ways depending on who you’re talking to. Russell Moore’s post this morning helped me and also suggests that the term “evangelical” is becoming equally wishy washy.
Check out his brief post here.
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Texas facts
Some of my friends from the Lbk sent me an email with facts about the homeland. Yes, it’s a forward. No, I usually don’t like forwards and I never send them on. But hey, this one’s about Texas.
JUST TEXAS
Pep , Texas 79353
Smiley , Texas 78159
Paradise , Texas 76073
Rainbow , Texas 76077
Sweet Home , Texas 77987
Comfort , Texas 78013
Friendship, Texas 76530
Love the Sun?
Sun City , Texas 78628
Sunrise , Texas 76661
Sunset, Texas 76270
Sundown, Texas 79372
Sunray , Texas 79086
Sunny Side , Texas 77423
Want something to eat?
Bacon , Texas 76301
Noodle , Texas 79536
Oatmeal , Texas 78605
Turkey , Texas 79261
Trout , Texas 75789
Sugar Land , Texas 77479
Salty, Texas 76567
Rice , Texas 75155
Pearland , Texas 77581
Orange , Texas 77630
And top it off with:
Sweetwater , Texas 79556
Why travel to other cities? Texas has them all!
Detroit , Texas 75436
Cleveland , Texas 75436
Colorado City , Texas 79512
Denver City , Texas 79323
Klondike , Texas 75448
Nevada , Texas 75173
Memphis , Texas 79245
Miami , Texas 79059
Boston , Texas 75570
Santa Fe , Texas 77517
Tennessee Colony , Texas 75861
Reno , Texas 75462
Pasadena , Texas 77506
Columbus , Texas 78934
Feel like traveling outside the country?
Athens , Texas 75751
Canadian, Texas 79014
China , Texas 77613
Egypt , Texas 77436
Ireland , Texas 76538
Italy , Texas 76538
Turkey , Texas 79261
London , Texas 76854
New London , Texas 75682
Paris , Texas 75460
Palestine , Texas 75801
No need to travel to Washington D.C.
Whitehouse , Texas 75791
We even have a city named after our planet!
Earth , Texas 79031
We have a city named after our state
Texas City , Texas 77590
Exhausted?
Energy , Texas 76452
Cold?
Blanket , Texas 76432
Winters, Texas
Like to read about History?
Santa Anna , Texas
Goliad , Texas
Alamo , Texas
Gun Barrel City , Texas
Robert Lee , Texas
Need Office Supplies?
Staples, Texas 78670
Want to go into outer space?
Venus , Texas 76084
Mars , Texas 79062
You guessed it. It’s on the state line.
Texline , Texas 79087
For the kids…
Kermit , Texas 79745
Elmo , Texas 75118
Nemo , Texas 76070
Tarzan , Texas 79783
Winnie , Texas 77665
Sylvester , Texas 79560
Other city names in Texas , to make you smile……
Frognot , Texas 75424
Bigfoot , Texas 78005
Hogeye , Texas 75423
Cactus , Texas 79013
Notrees , Texas 79759
Best, Texas 76932
Veribest , Texas 76886
Kickapoo , Texas 75763
Dime Box , Texas 77853
Old Dime Box , Texas 77853
Telephone , Texas 75488
Telegraph , Texas 76883
Whiteface , Texas 79379
Twitty, Texas 79079
And last but not least, the Anti-Al Gore City
Kilgore , Texas 75662
And our favorites…
Cut n Shoot, Texas
Gun Barrell City , Texas
Hoop And Holler, Texas
Ding Dong, Texas and, of course,
Muleshoe , Texas
Here is what Jeff Foxworthy has to say about folks from Texas …
If someone in a Lowe’s store offers you assistance and they don’t work there, you may live in Texas ;
If you’ve worn shorts and a parka at the same time, you may live in Texas ;
If you’ve had a lengthy telephone conversation with someone who dialed a wrong number, you may live in Texas ;
If ‘Vacation’ means going anywhere south of Dallas for the weekend, you may live in Texas ;
If you measure distance in hours, you may live in Texas ;
If you know several people who have hit a deer more than once, you may live in Texas ;
If you install security lights on your house and garage, but leave both unlocked, you may live in Texas ;
If you carry jumper cables in your car and your wife knows how to use them, you may live in Texas
If the speed limit on the highway is 55 mph –you’re going 80 and everybody’s passing you, you may live in Texas ;
If you find 60 degrees ‘a little chilly,’ you may live in Texas ;
If you actually understand these jokes, and share them with all your Texas friends, you definitely live in Texas ..
Here are some little known, very interesting facts about Texas .
1. Beaumont to El Paso : 742 miles
2.. Beaumont to Chicago : 770 miles
3…. El Paso is closer to California than to Dallas
4. World’s first rodeo was in Pecos , July 4, 1883.
5. The Flagship Hotel in Galveston is the only hotel in North America built over water. Destroyed by Hurricane Ike -2008!
6. The Heisman Trophy was named after John William Heisman who was the first full-time coach at Rice University in Houston .
7. Brazoria County has more species of birds than any other area in North America
8. Aransas Wildlife Refuge is the winter home of North America ’s only remaining flock of whooping cranes.
9. Jalapeno jelly originated in Lake Jackson in 1978.
10. The worst natural disaster in U.S. history was in 1900, caused by a hurricane, in which over 8,000 lives were lost on Galveston Island .
11. The first word spoken from the moon, July 20,1969, was ” Houston ,” but the space center was actually in Clear Lake City at the time.
12. King Ranch in South Texas is larger than Rhode Island ..
13. Tropical Storm Claudette brought a U.S. rainfall record of 43′ in 24 hours in and around Alvin in July of 1979…
14. Texas is the only state to enter the U.S. by TREATY, (known as the Constitution of 1845 by the Republic of Texas to enter the Union ) instead of by annexation. This allows the Texas Flag to fly at the same height as the U.S. Flag, and may divide into 5 states.
15. A Live Oak tree near Fulton is estimated to be 1500 years old.
16. Caddo Lake is the only natural lake in the state.
17. Dr Pepper was invented in Waco in 1885. There is no period in Dr Pepper..
18. Texas has had six capital cities:
Washington -on- the Brazos, Harrisburg , Galveston ,Velasco, West Columbia and Austin ..
19. The Capitol Dome in Austin is the only dome in the U.S. which is taller than the Capitol Building in Washington DC (by 7 feet).
20. The San Jacinto Monument is the tallest free standing monument in the world and it is taller than the Washington monument.
21. The name ‘ Texas ‘ comes from the Hasini Indian word ‘tejas’ meaning friends. Tejas is not Spanish for Texas ..
22. The State Mascot is the Armadillo (an interesting bit of trivia about the armadillo is they always have four babies. They have one egg, which splits into four, and they either have four males or four females…).
23. The first domed stadium in the U.S. was the Astrodome in Houston .
Cowboy’s Ten Commandments posted on the wall at Cross Trails Church in Fairlie , Texas :
(1) Just one God.
(2) Honor yer Ma & Pa.
(3) No telling tales or gossipin’.
(4) Git yourself to Sunday meeting.
(5) Put nothin’ before God.
(6) No foolin’ around with another fellow’s gal..
(7) No killin’.
(8) Watch yer mouth.
(9) Don’t take what ain’t yers.
(10) Don’t be hankerin’ for yer buddy’s stuff.
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The right kind of crazy
I was reading in Mark this morning and in chapter 3 the Scripture says Jesus immediate family thought he was crazy (Mark 3:21). This isn’t the only place in the NT where either Christ or his followers are taken for being a bit loony. In Acts 26:1-25 Paul gives an account of his conversion and why the Jews want him axed, to which Agrippa says, “Paul, you are out of your mind; your great learning is driving you out of your mind” (Acts 26:24).
I’ve been accused of being out of my mind too. Unfortunately it was for all of the wrong reasons. I was distancing myself from my family, taking extreme positions on all sorts of issues and generally becoming a legalist. Some of the stances I took were not completely wrong but my motivations (doing things in order to be justified…as if I can keep the standards of God!) were way off base.
But Jesus and Paul were being called crazy for all of the right reasons. Their message was, and is, crazy. What’s the message? Here’s the condensed version: All of humanity is sinful and justly deserves God’s wrath. Jesus is the son of God. He died on the cross as a substitute sacrifice for the sins of mankind. He rose from the grave three days later, vindicating His claims of deity. If we trust Him we will be forgiven of our sin and reconciled to our heavenly Father.
I hope more people call me crazy – for the right reasons. If you’re a Christian I hope more people call you crazy – for the right reasons. Let it be that we are clearly explaining the truth that there is only one way to be reconciled to God, though faith in Christ.
For Jews demand signs and Greeks seek wisdom, but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and folly to Gentiles, but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. For the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men. – 1 Cor 1:22-25
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Dr. Moore on David Letterman
Dr. Moore writes, “If you pay a little attention right now to David Letterman, you could learn something critical about carrying the gospel to your neighbors, and to yourself”…….
Read the whole blog post here.
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Pro football meets Nietzsche
Ok, you’ve got to be a bit of a nerd and like thinking about philosophy and worldview to appreciate this one (Nick, I’m thinking about you). For anyone who doesn’t know, Nietzsche was a philosopher who coined the phrase, “God is dead”. Needless to say, he wasn’t a friend of Christianity. Well, his philosophy led him to nihilism which is basically a belief that life is completely without purpose, random, and there is no such thing as objective truth. Obviously the consequences if this type of thinking are huge, especially for the Jacksonville Jaguars. Check it out.
Pre-Game Coin Toss Makes Jacksonville Jaguars Realize Randomness Of Life
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